On Friday January 8th 2016 Center Police Department Officers took a theft

report from the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel. They reported that three

newspaper machines were stolen from three locations Brookshire Brother,

Tec-Co Gas Station and H&S Foods all in the City of Center. Later in the day

I, Detective Stroud was advised by Percent 2 Constable Jamie Hagler that

someone had stolen the newspaper stand from Shelbyville Grocery that belongs

to the Light and Champion.  On the same day I was advised that two newspaper

stands was stolen out of the City of San Augustine that belonged to the San

Augustine Tribune.  

 

 Constable Jamie Hagler received a tip from an informant identifying one of

the suspects as Tevin Garrett a 23 year old man of Center, Texas.  Constable

Jamie Hagler and I drove to the suspects address and was unable to locate

the suspect but found evidence from thefts. Judge Anderson issued an arrest

warrant for Theft on Garrett and he was located and arrested later in the

day. Upon speaking with Garrett he confessed and identified the other

Suspect as Jeremy Edwards a 35 year old Center man from Center and took

Myself, Constable Jamie Hagler, Shelby County Sheriff Investigators

Dickerson and Windham to two locations where they dumped the six newspaper

stands. One location was in a water filled creek off of FM 138 and the other

was off the new over pass located on the new loop 500.   Investigators were

able to recover four of the machines off of FM 138 late Thursday night with

Sheriff's Deputy Adam Renfo winching them out of the creek water.

Investigators then went to suspect Jeremy Edwards residence where

Investigator Dickerson arrested Edwards for an FTA warrant out of Desoto

Parrish. Upon interviewing Edwards he confessed to the thefts and was

arrested for a theft warrant issued by Judge Anderson related to this case.

On Friday January 15th 2016 Shelby County Sheriffs Investigator s Windham

and Dickerson recovered the remaining two Machines from under the over pass

on the new loop 500.